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This publication summarises recent research into the roles of VET practitioners and managers, and the way they work. The roles of senior and front-line managers are increasingly focused on external and internal environments of the VET provider, and building links. The VET practitioners role has...

This report consolidates two national studies on the TAFE workforce, and on VET professionals in private and public registered training organisations. The findings have important implications for workforce planning. Within the TAFE sector, the number of teachers aged over 45 is almost double the average...

This publication presents a summary of results from a national survey of students who undertook vocational education and training at a technical and further education institute during 2003. The survey collects information about the students' general characteristics, employment outcomes, and satisfaction with their training. Also...

Vocational education and training (VET) programs for young people in Australia have significantly expanded over the past decade. This publication provides an overview of research into the VET options available to school-aged people. It also details the emerging social benefits and outcomes of undertaking recognised...

The number of people undertaking a traditional apprenticeship in the trades is at its highest level since 1992. In the 12 months to September 2004, the number of traditional apprentices in-training was 132,000 and the number of people commencing a traditional apprenticeship rose strongly by...

Vocational education and training provides a broad range of benefits, according to the initial findings of a recent nationwide survey of Indigenous Australians who undertook training in 2003. High numbers of students reported that training helped to improve their confidence/self-esteem and become more involved in...

The number of people completing an apprenticeship or traineeship in the year ending 31 December 2004 was 11 per cent higher than the number completing in the same period in 2003, according to this new set of national statistics. In the twelve months to December...

How do apprentice numbers in the trades respond to changes in labour market conditions? This paper finds that some trade apprenticeships are particularly sensitive to labour market conditions; that historical relationships between apprenticeship numbers and the labour market have broken down in the last ten...

The number of people starting an apprenticeship or traineeship has grown for the sixth successive quarter, based on seasonally adjusted data. In the twelve months to 30 September 2005, the number of commencements increased 5 per cent over the previous year to 267,600.

The latest national Student Outcomes Survey reveals that 88 per cent of TAFE graduates were satisfied with the overall quality of their training, the highest level of satisfaction recorded in the last five years. Eighty-five per cent of TAFE graduates reported that they achieved their...